The Metamorphosis of Aleixo Towers

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The Metamorphosis of Aleixo Towers

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This speculative project was my final thesis in 2007. It´s about a social neighbourhood in my city, Porto that is going to be demolished. My thesis tried to give other options for the demolition. The neighbourhood was built following a plan drawn by the french urbanist Robert Auzelle. At that time it was Porto suburbia, now it´s a central and very coveted land for other porposes. The argument used for its demolition now is that social housing doens´t make sence in height. In the study Plus, from Frédéric Druot, Jean - Phillipe Vassal and Anne Lacaton that they did to the Ministery of Communication, Architecture and Heritage (at that time not published, yet) I found a good proof that we can give a happier ending to this buildings. My proposal goes along with this manifest:“We think that demolishing the existing would be aberrant and instead of that, transforming it would permit a cheaper, effective and more quality answer to the existing necessities. The architecture of these grands ensembles are often obsolete and generally in inadequacy with the actual needs of the inhabitant. Yet we are convinced by the latent potential of these architectures. The conservation and pertinent analysis of the structural, geographic and spatial qualities of these important buildings could lead to a dramatic transformation following radical objectives. These are to allow for the size of units to be twice as generous, filled with natural light, allow for different and non typical typologies of flats. To offer improved services and usages and to consider the quality of the interior and common spaces as a priority over the urban gesture. These are the contemporary aims.” (Druot, Frédéric; Lacaton, Anne and Vassal, Jean - Phillipe, Plus, les grands ensembles de logements. Territoires d´exception, Ministère de la Communication, Direction de L´Architecture et du Patrimoine, page.9)

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The Metamorphosis of Aleixo Towers

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